Paper dispenser



F. L. BROEREN PAPER DISPENSER Filed April 15, 1955 d/Z @faam/z, i@

Patented Jan. 14, 1936 UNITED STATES orifice PAPER BESPENSEIR,

Application April l5, 1935, Serial No. 16,349

2 Claims.

This specification is in part a continuation of application Serial No.736,155, filed July 20, 1934.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved and simplifiedform of device for dispensing interfolded paper sheets, particularlywaxed paper sheets.

In particular the invention relates to the construction and mounting iorthe follower plate so disposed asto cause the plate, in traveling fromthe rear toward the front of the dispenser during the depletion of thestack, to maintain substantially uniform Contact with the rear of thestack resting upon an inclined oor and without material slippage ordisplacement due to the swing of the follower plate which is carriedupon the free end of a link pivoted below the floor level.

This and other objects, as will hereinafter appear, are accomplished bythis invention, which is fully described in the following specificationand shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dispenser embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 2 of Fig. 1; f

Fig. 3 is a somewhat reduced partial vertical section on the broken line3--3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the edges of the interfolded sheetsin expanded form.

The embodiment illustrated comprises a metal box or cabinet It having acover I I hingedly secured thereto at I2. The front of the cabinet isprovided with a transverse slot I3 through which the sheets A areadapted to be pulled in a well known manner which will later bedescribed. Behind this front are located bearing plates I4 and I5 whichprovide a throat converging toward the slot I3 and afford a limitedsurface contact for the foremost sheet of the stack, which is bowedforward in the center toward the slot by the pressure of the followerplate presently to be described.

The sheets, in stack formation, rest upon a floor I6 which is preferablyinclined downwardly toward the front, and the sheets are pressedforwardly by means of a follower plate Il which is pivotally connectedat i8 to the upper end of a link I9, the lower end of the link beingpivotally connected to a pin Zi) which is carried by a member 2| securedto the bottom of the cabinet near the rear wall thereof. The link I9 ismovable back and forth through a slot 22 in the floor It and is normallyurged toward the front of the cabinet by means of a coiled spring 23passing around the pin, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Thus the group of sheets of waxed paper or the like, which arepreviously interfolded as shown (C1. mi2-62) in Fig. 4, are placed infront of the follower plate Il, the edge of the foremost sheet beingpassed through the horizontal slot I3. Thus as the user pulls on thefront sheet A, shown in full lines, it becomes withdrawn through theslot, at the same time pulling through this same slot the forward edgeof the next interfolded sheet, which then assumes the dotted lineposition.

The length of the link I9 and the location of its axis are so computedwith relation to the inclination of the floor I6 down which the sheetstravel in the depletion of the stack that the chord of the arc ofmovement of the free end of the link will lie substantially inparallelism with the oblique plane of the floor, so that as the followerplate advances it will not be materially displaced from its area ofcontact against the medial region of the stack, with the result thatthere will be but slight slippage due to the fact that the stack travelsforward upon an oblique surface while the follower plate travels throughthe arc of movement of the link upon which the follower plate issupported.

To facilitate the operation of drawing the first sheet through the slotI3, theend of the slot is cut out at the side I3a so as to permit theoperator to insert his finger or a pointed instrument under the foremostsheet of paper, thereby enabling him to draw it through the front slot.

A slot Ib is provided at one or both ends of the f cabinet, throughwhich the operator may observe when the supply of paper sheets needsreplenishing.

While the device is adapted for the dispensing of paper sheetsgenerally, it is particularly well adapted for dispensing waxed sheetswhich tend to slide on one another, the arrangement being one thatprevents displacement of the sheets in the stack and permits withdrawalof the outermost sheet without disarranging the remaining sheets.

I claim:

1. A dispenser for sheets of paper comprising a container having a frontpanel provided with a transversely extending slot positionedintermediately the upper and lower edges of said sheets held adjacentthereto through which the sheets may be withdrawn singly, a forwardlyand downwardly inclined oor having its rear portion elevated above thelevel of the bottom of the container for supporting the lower edges ofsheets composing a stack, said floor being provided in the dispenser, afollower plate pivoted to the upper free end of the link, and a springacting against the link for urging the follower plate forward so as tohold said sheets in cornpressed condition adjacent said transverse slot.

2. A dispenser for sheets of paper comprising a container having in itsfront wall a transversely extending discharge slot positionedintermediately the upper and lower edges of said sheets held adjacentthereto through which sheets may be withdrawn singly, a forwardly anddownwardly inclined floor for supporting a stack of sheets and feedingthem standing vertically toward the discharge slot, said floor beingprovided in its rear portion with a slot, a link extending through saidlast named slot and pivoted below the floor, a follower plate pivoted tothe upper free end of the link, and means for urging the follower plateforward so as to hold said sheets in compressed condition adjacent saidtransverse slot, the inclination of the oor and the chord of the arc ofmovement of the free end of the link being ap- 10 proximately parallel.

FRANK L. BROEREN.

